Elvis and Anabelle (2007)

Director
Will Geiger

Main cast
Blake Lively; Max Minghella; Joe Mantegna; Mary Steenburgen; Keith Carradine

Genres
Drama, Romance

Description
A small-town beauty queen and an unlicensed mortician set out across the Texas plains on a journey of self-discovery.


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